Английский ЕГЭ - банк заданий - страница 405

What does the phrase ‘blow his own trumpet’ in the last paragraph mean?

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Lift note

Melanie was paying a visit to her friend Henry to see his new flat. After ________________ at his building, she called the lift down from its previous destination, Floor 1, and stepped inside. (ARRIVE)

She noticed a sign by the panel of buttons. She ignored it for a moment and simply pressed the button for the ________________ floor, the floor that Henry lived on. (FIVE)

She read the note as the lift ascended. Apparently, some people in the building thought some of the other residents were a bit lazy, because the note said, ‘Dear Floor 1, are the stairs broken? Love, Floors 2–7.’ Melanie laughed and wondered who ________________ the note! (WRITE)

Pigeon fanciers

A popular pastime in Scotland is ‘pigeon fancying,’ or keeping pigeons for racing or as pets. Fanciers often keep several birds at once in a special hut that they ________________ for them. (BUILD)

The Scottish word for a male pigeon is a ‘doo’ and one type of pigeon fancier in Scotland is called a ‘dooman’. Doomen specialise in using their doos to attract other people’s pigeons, which they then capture and claim for ________________. (THEY)

The fascination that doomen and other pigeon fanciers have with the birds is that a pigeon will form a bond with its owner. In other words, if you released one of them into the sky, it ________________ to you later on. (RETURN)

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Imperial Porcelain Factory

The Imperial Porcelain Factory has been making fine porcelain in Russia for centuries. The factory, founded in 1744, was Empress Elizabeth’s idea with the aim of ________________ a centre of excellence in Russian ceramic art. (CREATE)

After Empress Elizabeth, consecutive monarchs kept the factory busy with orders and allowed it to produce the ________________ quality porcelain and ceramic plates, vases, tea sets and the like. (FINE)

In the 1940s, the factory began to produce its famous cobalt net pattern, which consisted of intersecting lines of deep blue forming a geometric pattern on a white background. The edges of the dishes ________________ in exquisite 22-karat gold. (HIGHLIGHT)